(Written in February 2011)
\nKevin was a huge help.\u00a0 I told him about the trouble I\u2019d been having with my right leg \u2014 tho it was a lot better when I demonstrated the knee down twist.\u00a0 I told him I thought it was the sort of injury that wasn\u2019t helped by stretching.\u00a0 He agreed.\u00a0 Then he talked about the body\u2019s perception \u2014 to the body all the space around me is also body.\u00a0 When I go to make a movement I need to be oriented, to sense myself within the space, and then the movement should be drawn out by the space, not initiated by the brain.\u00a0 That results in isolated movement, the arm moving as tho it was not connected to the body.\u00a0 It reminds me of the alternate way \u2014 moving the arm from the center of the body.\u00a0 Both images result in integrated movement.\u00a0 Then he had me sit down on a bench, feet on one of those prickly mats, hands holding two posts on the table in front of me.\u00a0 He talked about the importance of opening the front of the spine.\u00a0 Then he pushed in on one vertebra and I allowed the spine to curve inward from that point.\u00a0 When I had gone as far as I could, he would have me push out at that same point until the spine was completely curved the other way.\u00a0 I remember Caryn doing something similar with me in the fold & then cow & cat.\u00a0 When I walked around afterward the spine felt very strong.\u00a0 Finally I lay down on the table and he worked on my neck.\u00a0 Painful but needed.
\nWhen I left I felt energized.\u00a0 Driving down I had been having a hard time finding a comfortable position for my head and shoulders, driving back I just pushed forward with my sternum and everything went into place.\u00a0 When I got back Eleanor said my energy looked great.
\nThere was also a moment, early on, I think I was curving my spine out & in at the table, when my head came up Kevin said I was \u201cglowing.\u201d Suddenly I felt myself shrink & tears behind my eyes, and a momentary flash of that kid coming down the ski trail and calling his mom to look.\u00a0 Then I was angry about how that part of me got squashed by Mother.
\nO gosh I feel so GOOD.\u00a0 Peaceful and relaxed and yet energized.<\/p>\n
Kevin Frank is an amazing body worker in Holderness, NH. See his website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Written in February 2011) Kevin was a huge help.\u00a0 I told him about the trouble I\u2019d been having with my right leg \u2014 tho it was a lot better when I demonstrated the knee down twist.\u00a0 I told him I … Continue reading